New York Islanders vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 9, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	2	1	4		NYI	6	6	9	21
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	8	11	11	30

: NYI 47VGK 73
: NYI 2.33VGK 1.68
PP goals: NYI 0VGK 0
Hits: NYI 19VGK 12
Blocks: NYI 21VGK 8
PIM: NYI 2VGK 2
: NYI 64%VGK 36%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Islanders rout Vegas Golden Knights 4–0

New York Islanders beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–0 at VGK. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Martin–Engvall–MacLean skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:11.Nelson
Points
Alexander Romanov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.Romanov
New line
New look for NYI: Martin–Engvall–MacLean skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Martin Engvall MacLean
Luck
NYI scored 4 goals on 2.33 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 1.68 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Victor Olofsson (VGK) played 18:13, +3:47 up on his 14:26 season average over 55 games.Olofsson
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 13:05, −4:00 down on his 17:05 season average over 52 games.Karlsson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 73 · NYI 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
NYI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 32% of the game, VGK 25%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYI	VGK
	49	77
	2.03	1.66
	1.97	1.60
	6	10
	5	5
	25	18
	+0.055	−0.055
	32%	25%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Nelson – Barzal
13:3345% CF
L2Palmieri – Duclair – Horvat
11:5233% CF
L3Cizikas – Pageau – Tsyplakov
10:2158% CF
L4Martin – Engvall – MacLean
5:5463% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
17:3837% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
14:3527% CF
D3Mayfield – Cholowski
10:3947% CF

PP1Lee – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
1:19100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Duclair – Pulock – Cholowski – Tsyplakov
0:39100% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Nelson
0:44
PK2FPageau – Horvat
0:38
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:15
PK2DDobson – Romanov
0:44

Current NYI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Karlsson – Hertl – Dorofeyev
9:4567% CF
L2Stone – Olofsson – Eichel
7:5973% CF
L3Rondbjerg – Schwindt – Holtz
5:4450% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Howden
1:1860% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
18:5760% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
16:4559% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:4454% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Olofsson – Eichel
1:27100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Hanifin – Dorofeyev – Holtz
0:33100% CF
PK1FStone – Howden
0:39
PK2FKarlsson – Eichel
0:27
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
0:57
PK2DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:51

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.10	0	2	0	20:21	—	—	42	54
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.26	0	2	0	19:11	—	—	38	49
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.26	3	3	0	18:35	—	—	37	49
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.53	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	27	76
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	24	69
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	28	75
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	45	48
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.15	2	1	0	14:51	—	—	45	57
Casey Cizikas C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	4	1	0	14:26	—	—	48	55
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	9:58	—	—	47	26
Pierre Engvall L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:22	—	—	50	55
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:06	—	—	50	13
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.03	0	3	0	24:37	—	—	38	75
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.03	2	0	0	20:58	—	—	44	73
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	21:46	—	—	33	40
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:44	—	—	37	44
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	15:07	—	—	43	43
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	44	46

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	1.68	59:16

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	-2	1	0.14	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	65	51
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	-3	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	67	42
William Karlsson C	L1	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	64	43
Jack Eichel C	L2	-2	3	0.33	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	61	57
Mark Stone R	L2	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	59	64
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	18:13	—	—	77	68
Alexander Holtz R	L3	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	59	34
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L3	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	50	40
Cole Schwindt R	L3	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	10:16	—	—	47	26
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	13:33	—	—	60	52
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	13:08	—	—	60	46
Tanner Pearson L	L4	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	53	35
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	23:23	—	—	65	52
Noah Hanifin D	D1	-2	2	0.02	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	62	51
Shea Theodore D	D2	-1	3	0.01	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	67	63
Brayden McNabb D	D2	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	20:29	—	—	60	41
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	-2	4	0.14	2	2	0	16:01	—	—	52	32
Nicolas Hague D	D3	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	54	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	2.13	58:30

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anders Lee (NYI) 1st 17:04 · assists Brock Nelson · Forecheck turnover · 43.1 mph shot.

Anders Lee · 1st 17:04 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 5:30 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Bo Horvat · 2nd 10:41 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Casey Cizikas · 3rd 17:26 · NYI EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

New York Islanders vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 9, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders rout Vegas Golden Knights 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Islanders

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Anders Lee · 1st 17:04 · NYI

Brock Nelson · 2nd 5:30 · NYI

Bo Horvat · 2nd 10:41 · NYI

Casey Cizikas · 3rd 17:26 · NYI EN